Introducing Laila Edwards: The First Black Woman To Play On The U.S. Women’s National Hockey Team

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated November 15, 2023

Last Saturday Laila Edwards made history when she became the first Black woman to play for Team USA on the senior women’s national team.

How does Edwards feel about achieving this milestone? “It’s an honor to be the first Black woman on the national team, but this team’s been around for a long time,” Edwards told Andscape. “And not to sound ungrateful,

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